January 2012
1 post
December 2011
4 posts
US Army unveils 1.8 gigapixel camera helicopter... →
singularitarian:
New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras are being developed by the US Army.
The army said the technology promised “an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground”.
I told you 2012 was when the machines would come.
H.R. 3035: Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 →
azspot:
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to permit informational calls to mobile telephone numbers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE2]
Robo-calls to cell phones are coming!
We let them into our military, we let them into our communications, and we let them into our government. Judgement day is coming, to destroy your future press one, to speak to...
October 2011
1 post
Report: U.S. Drones Catch Computer Virus That Logs... →
Wired’s Danger Room reports on Friday that a “computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.”
The virus, which hasn’t interrupted drone operations, was first detected two weeks ago on classified and non-classified drones at the main drone-piloting station,...
September 2011
2 posts
3 tags
August 2011
2 posts
“Phase 2 of the project has been rewarded $21 million in funding from DARPA, the...”
– IBM’s “cognitive computers”
Now you see, but it is too late.
July 2011
5 posts
“That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via vasta)
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Neural Robotics Inc. (NRI) is currently in the process of developing a larger-profile AutoCopter unmanned mini-helicopter with enhanced payload capacity. So, imagine a a swarm of AutoCopter Gunships (weaponized AutoCopter unmanned mini-helicopters/unmanned combat armed rotorcraft), all outfitted with 2-4 AA-12/FRAG-12 weapons systems and 2-4 SPIKE fire-and-forget guided missiles, buzzing around...
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
7 posts
“When robots talk to each other, they’re not generally using language as we think...”
– Robots Invent Their Own Spoken Language (via redking)
“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.”
– Roland Deschain, of Gilead (via ruchu)
April 2011
10 posts
“The computer is the liar that always tells the truth. If you believe the...”
– “What We Talk About When We Talk About the Internet”
Lobbying Report: Drones Fly Through Congress to... →
Within weeks and possibly days, President Obama is likely to sign into law a bill that will bring unmanned aerial vehicles - drones - into US general airspace, crisscrossing the country in company with passenger planes and other human-carrying aircraft.
The story of how planes without on-board pilots will gain entry into our crowded airspace, where birds are life threatening, possibly within...
“It is difficult to undo our own damage and to recall to our presence that which...”
– Annie Dillard (via azspot)
March 2011
11 posts
“You don’t want to be here in the future
So you say
The present’s just a...”
– (via lilacwine)
February 2011
10 posts
(via monsterswithmasks)
The Police and the...
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